In which Dawn babysits the Barretts and ends up having to do a ton of unpaid emotional labour and also unpaid normal labour. There’s also a halfhearted child abduction, a weird amount of barbecue product placement, and the earth-shattering revelation that you can buy potato salad at the supermarket.

Today’s agenda includes: ill-informed speculation about what bologna is; mildly distressing Richard Spier realisations; Humpty Dumpty portraits all the way down; antagonising local conservatives through the medium of stickers; minding a cigarette for one of the other dads; a disappointing lack of PowerPoint slides; Aoife gets into the hamster’s food; Opinions on Fennel; poor Mrs Barrett is a mere CHILD, she’s only 33; hay bale adventures and What Katy Did-related trauma; eating a bowl of wheatgerm to establish dominance; simple ways to impress your ex’s horrible parents; terrible WASP baby names; RED-HOT CLASS STRUGGLE; 300RPM roasted lamb; vacuuming lifehacks from Esther’s brother.

Our theme song is "The Incredible Shrinking Larry" by Matt Oakley on the Free Music Archive.

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